Jake Hall’s legacy as a father will endure forever.

Following the death of the The Only Way is Essex star on May 6 at the age of 35, Misse Beqiri shared an emotional tribute to her former partner and father to her 8-year-old daughter River, expressing the “unbearable” pain of this loss.

“There was no way you were ever supposed to go,” Misse continued in her May 10 Instagram post. “My heart is shattered, and so is our daughter’s. You lit up every room you walked into – your smile, your charm, your energy that filled the air. You were so deeply loved by so many people.”

Misse—who dated Jake for five years before their 2021 split—said she loved him from the “very first moment” she saw him.

“Together we created the most beautiful girl, the one you loved more than anything in this world, beyond words,” the 39-year-old continued. “Your love for her was so strong it almost scared me, because I knew you would go to the ends of the earth for her. She adored you – her favourite person, her daddy.”